Mikkel Munch Krause (born 2 October, 1988) is a Danish
curler from
Hvidovre
Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg.
History
Hvidovre has ...
.
He is a former World Junior champion.
Curling career
Junior
As a junior curler, Krause represented Denmark at seven
World Junior Curling Championships
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. His first was
in 2004, when he played
second on a team
skip
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ped by
Kenneth Jørgensen. The team finished 2–7 at the tournament, finishing in last place. At the
2005 World Junior Curling Championships
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, he was the alternate on the team but played in six games. The team improved, finishing with a 4–5 record, tied for fifth. At the
2006 World Junior Curling Championships
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, he played
third
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on the team, now skipped by
Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne Hansen (born 26 May 1988 in Hvidovre) is a retired Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and current Danish champion. He curls out of the Hvidovre Curling Club.
Career
Stjerne has participated in five World Junior ...
. The team again finished 4–5, tied for fifth. At the
2007 World Junior Curling Championships, the team improved once again, going 6–3 in the round robin. This put them in a tiebreaker against the United States, which they won, followed by a loss to Canada in the semifinal and Switzerland in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth overall. The team had less success at the
2008 World Junior Curling Championships, going 4–5 (7th place), but did much better
in 2009. At the 2009 World Juniors, the team finished the round robin with a 7–2 record, in second place. This put them into the
page playoffs in the 1 vs. 2 game against Canada. While they lost this game, they remained alive in the playoffs, and they won their semifinal match against the United States and then beat Canada in a rematch in the gold medal final. In his last year of junior eligibility, Krause was promoted as skip of the Danish team. Skipping a team of
Oliver Dupont
Oliver Dupont (born 16 January 1990) is a Danish curler. He won a gold medal at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships.
Career Juniors
As a junior curler, Dupont competed in five consecutive World Junior Curling Championships with Denm ...
,
Tobias Thune
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At the national level, he is a three-time Danish men's champion curler (2017, 2020, 2023) and a four-time Danish junior champion curler (2012, 2013, 201 ...
, and
Troels Harry
Troels Harry (born 25 December 1990) is a Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and current Danish champion.
Career
Harry has represented Denmark in four World Junior Championships. He played lead for Rasmus Stjerne in 2007 and ...
, Krause led Denmark to a 2–7 record at the
2010 World Junior Curling Championships
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, placing 8th.
Men's career
Krause played for the Danish men's team for the first time at the
2010 European Curling Championships
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. Playing third from Stjerne, the team went 6–3 in the round robin, placing fourth and making the last playoff spot. The team beat Germany in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game, then beat Switzerland in the semifinal. The team finally met their match in the final, where they lost to Norway, winning the silver medal in the process. Krause next played for the Danish men's team at the
2014 European Curling Championships
The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C com ...
, still playing third for Stjerne. There, the team went 1–8, finishing in 9th place. Krause left the Stjerne rink in 2015.
Over the next few years, Denmark was relegated to the "C" tournament at the European Championships. Krause was tasked with skipping the Danish team at the
2018 European Championship C Division, played several months before the main tournament. Krause and teammates
Mads Nørgaard, Daniel Abrahamsen and
Ulrik Damm
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won the tournament with a perfect 8–0 record, securing Denmark a spot at the B Division of the main tournament. Denmark also won the B Division, earning the country a berth at the
2019 European Curling Championships
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. Krause skipped the Danish team at the 2019 Euros as well and led his team of Nørgaard, Tobias Engelhardt, Henrik Holtermann, and Kasper Wiksten to a 5–4 round robin record. This put them in the playoffs, where they lost the semifinal to Switzerland's
Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva.
Career
Juniors
Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...
rink and the bronze medal game to Scotland's
Ross Paterson
Ross Paterson (born March 13, 1984) is a retired Scottish curler from Glasgow. During his career, he represented Scotland at four World Men's Curling Championships and four European Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal at both the 201 ...
team.
Krause played in his first
World Men's Curling Championships
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in 2021, throwing fourth stones on the team, which is skipped by Nørgård.
The team finished in eleventh place with a 3–10 record.
Mixed career
Krause represented Denmark at the
2014 European Mixed Curling Championship
The 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 13 to 20 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark.
Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs, won their first European Mixed title after defeating Norway, skipped by Steffen Walst ...
, playing third for
Madeleine Dupont
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. The team won their group with a 7–1 record but lost to Switzerland in the quarterfinals.
Personal life
Krause works as a forwarder or courier.
He is the son of four-time Danish Olympian and three-time worlds bronze medal winner
Malene Krause
Malene Krause (born 18 June 1963 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish curler and curling coach. She is a four time Olympian, competing in the curling exhibition events in 1988 and 1992 and then the full curling events in 2002 and 2006. Her best resu ...
and ten-time Danish men's champion
Gert Larsen, who represented Denmark once at the Winter Olympics.
References
External links
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Danish male curlers
1988 births
Living people
People from Hvidovre Municipality
Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Denmark
Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark
21st-century Danish people